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About the Librarian
Mrs. DeLuca has been the librarian since 2005. She's a certified teacher librarian with a Masters degree in Library Information Science from Simmons College. Loves reading, kickboxing, art, and baking. Her previous profession was as a restaurant manager/ bakery owner.

Welcome back!
2016 - 2017
School's theme: "I Am...."
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Harry Potter's Wizardry World in America...


Read Rant Repeat cable show starting with Miss Peregrine's Home...


Book Trailer Tuesday Club's new anime 3D software...


meeting new volunteers...


starting a Young Adult Audiobook Channel for the TIC (read 4 the blind)...


going on literary road trips...


New School Year! 2015-2016Year of Small Acts of Heroism
Welcome back Furnace Brook Black Diamonds and Gold Readers! This year we filled up our volunteer new trainee positions in two days! Most BDs have already completed their review work and are helping me with the new kids.
And we will offer a FREE after school club, Book Trailer Tuesday
April
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Hero
Fantasy & Mythology
This April
Accept the challenge in the LMC and earn the right to pursuit a quest with the dungeons & dragons like game, Caostle

We will test youn Fantasy Hero Program Description
Wisdom
Humility
Bravery
& Luck


DecemberRead For OthersThis month famous for giving, read to give service to others.
Those who read the most print books.....get to read to kindergarteners at Martinson Elementary
Those who read the most eBooks.......get to take a field trip to the Marshfield Council of Aging where
students will help seniors with borrowing eBooks
Those who listen to the most audiobooks......get a private tour of the Talking Information Center, will

record a show for the sight impaired community
Read For Others Flyer

November

Recycled Book Craft
Pumpkins!

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Free Activity after school

Mockingjay Contest

Read FBMS LMC books that have a rebellion theme (rising up against wrongs) and create symbolsor write an anthem for the cause

Alternatively: ACT OUT scenes of rebellion


One lottery winner gets Three Tickets for the final movie in the series.
Winners in each category get Hunger Games Official tokensMokingjay flyer

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OctoberTake the Pirate Oath
Students are kidnapped by pirates (library volunteers) from classes and are forced into
service - to give their oath that they will read a minimum of one sea themed or scary book


Pirate Flyer Oath
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Next big announcement.......the Overdrive Bookmobile is coming to our school! The only school in the state after it's made a 48 state and Canadian tour! SEPTEMBER 23RD FROM 10 AM - 4 PM.20150923_103853[1].jpg
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New School Year! 2014-2015Starts with a bang!


  • New Classics Book Club
  • Read, Rant, Repeat YA (teen) Cable TV show
  • eBook Breakfasts every month
  • New Volunteers
  • Reading Programs relate to the One Book for the school, A Long Walk To Water; themes: journey/ grit/ risks

See our new Reading Programs/contests on this home page and follow other events on their own dedicated pagesExceed Expectations this May!
Read a book where the protagonist or biography subject defies expectations
Prize (by lottery) tickets for two races at K1 WHERE YOU CAN BREAK YOUR OWN RECORDS


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BAFTA Awards

Winning Book Trailer by Brooke V.
Winning Book Trailer by Brooke V.

Dress Like a Brit Day tomorrow!!!!Visit Teresa's profile on Pinterest.
British Invasion for the month of April....Yeah Anglophiles unite!!!!

Macho March
Earn a trip into our fifty foot long SNOW MAZE
By reading Macho books with a quest or mission in the plot, fill out a form and come journey during lunch
Collect enough riddles in the maze and answer at least 70% of them correctly and you earn a hot chocolate.
Do the maze fast, and with the 70% or better and earn a PANERA COOKIE!
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February BOOK FAIR
Feb 9 - 13 including Parent Teacher evening, Thursday!
Online Fair Available here

Going to Beanstalk at the Jordan's Furnture Store in Reading, MA
Joan G, Ryan J, Emma C, Jacqui R., and Stephen M
CHOCOLATE PARTY for each grade for English class getting the most books
BEANSTALK at Jordan's in Reading, MA journey on ropes, moving beams, and other risky steps for 5 lucky lottery winners
And more surprises

Chocolate Party Winners

Mr. Pollara's Orange Class (6th grade) 90!!!! Books (Most ever by one class)
Ms. Alberico's A Class (7th grade) 31 Books
Mrs. Morehouse's C Class (8th grade) 51 books

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January brings us new eBooks and new technology!
Now you can listen to book talks by our Students on our Podcast Page! Here's an example
Students also have the opportunity to Read For Money, book fair dollars that is!
Get FBMS books including borrowing from our Overdrive Catalog and have parents sign a form for verification

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December, Earn a Wonderful Winter Day Prize for you and five friends or family
Read any FBMS book of your choice, fill out the easy form
one book lottery ticket wins the prize at the Miller's Family Farm for all six
Hay or sleigh ride (weather)
Design a wreath
Outdoor firepit with S'mores and cocoa!


November, We challenge students to readFiction For Families
Any fiction book including our school's Overdrive eBooks will count.
The form is online here and in the LMC
You win SnowTubing gift certificates to Amesbury Sports Park for each book and form you complete if you win the lottery drawing at the end of the month
Ruth P of Red cluster won 9 tickets!



During the month of Halloween read scary books to see the alien invasion favorite movie, Signs. Signs Trailer
Little Halloween video snippet. Something happens to the librarian! YoutubeSee our Program Description .Three lucky lottery winners will also win themselves a free ticket to a night time corn maze - after seeing the aliens in the corn (and our library decorations)....you will need to be VERY Brave to use them.

  1. William M won the Gentle scare at Billingsgate Farm
  2. Jason A won the Medium scare at Marini Farm
  3. Emilie D won the Super Scare at Connor's Farm, also known as Hysteria

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End of the Year Reading
Truth, Justice, & the American Way
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                • Check out any book from the FBMS Library
                • Plot of the Book is Superman's motto
                • Fill out the worksheet in LMC
                • Earn a chance to take the Lie Detector test to see how truthful you (or what kind of villain you are!)



































































April's Theme: Heroic Fools
Read any book with a hero from our library and draw your favorite heroic scene with the hero being or looking like a fool. The scene , character, and joke must be obvious. Directions and Drawing form available here:


Edmodo Gold Readers join with code:
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This year Edmodo keeps locking out new members by resetting the password!



March Theme: A Hero's Journey
Win scratch cards to prizes related to Irish luck or to journeys/quests when you read, watch or listen to any FBMS library material this month that has the theme and fill out an easy reflection form.
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Read Across America Day: Teachers and Administrators are invited to read to students of all ages in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Mrs. DeLuca read to Mrs. Hupprich's G period class Jumanji and The Three Little Pigs (warped)

February- the month of Valentine's... Students read books about sacrificial "heroic" love, watch the companion movie, then filled out a comparison form and earned either a mug saying:
"Never Judge a Book By its Movie" or a Pandora-like bracelet with the word "Read"

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Hero Book Fair
Classes that won the Chocolate Party: Mrs. Kaplowitz's PINK, Mrs. Doughtery's BLUEBERRIES, & Mrs. Lynch's CLASS 182-02
Individual Standee winners:
Kurt H: The Dark Knight
Tia R: Katniss
Jeremy H: Thor
Nolan D: Yoda
Emily D: Legolas
Vanessa B: Dr. Who
Sophia M: Niall
Emma M: Wolverine
Sarah G: I love Daryl wallet
Rachael S: Thor, Bobblehead?
Kristian B: Daryl, Walking Dead?
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Win a chance to drive Remote Controlled Minion!
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January "Take Home a Hero" Lottery

Students can read any book with a rescue scene in it, fill out the Take Home A Hero form, and earn a lottery ticket to take home the life-sized cardboard cutout characters that will be decorating the Book Fair the first week of February. Once they come to the book fair, they can earn a lottery ticket for every $20 that they spend. The lottery drawing occurs at the end of the fair on Friday, the 7th.

Rescue Scene Form


3 Book Trailers are in the library - but not available for sale at fair - only online in the Scholastic Online Catalog

Congratulations to Marcus F., winner from the Green cluster, of the Annual Geo Bee.
Each year hosted by Mr. Pelish & Mrs. DeLuca
This year was the longest lasting, most exciting competition ever with the highest parental attendance! Way to go Marcus!
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Be A December HeroRead mythological hero booksWrite a story with the Grinchor Santa in one of the scenes from your book
Win a DVD, wrapped as a gift for yourself or to give away
(DVD's are about mythological heroes Ex: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, Clash of Titans)
Happy Holidays! (^.^)

December Winners:
Aidan H.
Christian C.


Be A Thanksgiving Hero
Read books about Military or Family heroes (go along with Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving)
Complete a Thank You card to a veteran and win Pie!
First 100 pgs you collect a Scratch-n-Sniff Apple Pie bookmark
Read a total of 600 pgs. and you win a 9in. Pie

Apple
Blueberry
Pumpkin

You choose. Finish by November 22nd.
Be A Halloween Hero!
Celebrate the holiday all month by reading horror books.
When you are finished, write a paragraph about how you would be the hero in the horror story.
Turn in the book and the writing for raffle tickets for YOU and A FRIEND to go to Barrett's Haunted Mansion OR
Abington's Zombie Apocalypse (airsoft arena with zombies-who-can-touch-you!)
BOOK = 1 Raffle ticket
eBook = 2 Raffle tickets!!!!!!!!!!



Be A Hero - Get Someone To Read
A year round program where students recommend books to each other, and if their advice is taken and the FBMS book checked out, then Hero Points are awarded for great end-of-year prizes. The Ultimate Heroes (2) get a Google 7 Nexus Tablet!More Details

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Hero Tuesdays.... piggybacking on the One School-One Book Wonder themes/ Our Tuesday Heroes will get together and brainstorm ways we can be small heroes in our school community doing acts of kindness through-out the year. In addition, we will have a group activity Tuesday and a Movie Tuesday relating to the month's heroic theme. Free to all kindhearted and creative students. Cookies on discussion day!

See the NEW Hero Tuesdays page.
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Summer Reading Results are in....2% of students population went above and beyond the normal expectations of FBMS. These students will be invited to

Thursday, September 5th

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Contests and School-wide Programs

Summer Reading....Record your reviews by our online link... Get invited to special events and become a Gold Pass holder next school year!
These books have public reviews which you can read without logging in:
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May is National "Share a Story" MonthAre you interested in Reading to a sight-impaired elder or young students in the community?See Mrs. DeLuca for details
Quidditch Fun for everyone!
Thursdays (6 weeks) we will have pick up games in the gym. 2:30 - 3:30

Book Fair Winners
Katy W., Alexandra I., Jack R., Chris C. each gets to either fly at the Trapeze School in Boston or get a Gravity (elevated obstacle course) Gift Certificate
Hot Sauce Teacher Challenge
Teachers will be chosen by Ben S. to compete for the King or Queen of Fire at FBMS! If he picks the right winner, Ben gets a prize too.
Classroom Winners in Each Grade
Each class decides whether to have a spicy chocolate party or (healthier alternative) participate in a Zombie Obstacle Run!
Mrs. Kenney's A
Mrs. Dougherty's Blueberries
Mrs. Cohan's Red

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Chocolate Party- Getting Caffeinated!


Video of the Hot Sauce brand we'll be using in the Hot Sauce Challenge
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The "On the Edge" Book Fair is coming!!!
Featuring books that'll have you on the edge of your seat... thrillers, high drama, survival stories

AND

The most exciting adrenaline pumping contests and prizes !

Start preparing now, this April, to win lottery tickets to go trapeze flying or wipe-out at Abington's Gravity
Check out either eBooks from FBMS Overdrive OR print books from the FBMS library.
Return the book.
Fill out a short questionnaire/activity sheet and you earn a lottery ticket!
Class Visit Schedule


Luck of the Irish QR Barcode Hunt
  • Come to the library this MARCH (or check out the library catalog homepage) to pick up the hunt questions and QR clues.
  • Use the catalog in creative ways you've never thought of before
  • Learn more about Irish heritage
  • Win Irish "treasures" when you successful solve puzzles

Author Visitor: RALPH FLETCHER, author of Marshfield Dreams
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Blind Date with A Book
Bad hair day? Feeling Fat? Go on a blind date with a book. Books don't judge and you may meet the book of your dreams.
  1. Come to the library.
  2. Select a date.
  3. Sign a commitment form (to spend the 1st 30 pg.s together)
  4. Check it out.
  5. Unwrap your date!
If a love connection isn't made, return it for a small Valentine gift. Record why there was no connection: not a personality fit; too mature/not mature enough; not enough time to spend together...
If you enjoy the book and finish it, then you get a beautiful chocolate Valentine pop - worthy of giving to your Mom (hint, hint)
So sad, no more dating! :( If you still have a date, you can keep spending time together. When you finish, return it to the library and we'll assess and reward appropriately.
So far 119 Dates and 31 Love Connections in only 10 days
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New Year Breakfast Club
So many students now have devices with internet access. Did you know, you can all borrow eBooks and audiobooks from our FBMS Overdrive lending library, and from any MA public library for free? Come to the Breakfast Club any school day in January at 7 am. (No admittance after 7:15) You'll get waffles and other Continental breakfast items while learning this valuable skill.
Each student should learn:
  1. How to get on our school's guest web access and download reading tool apps
  2. How to sign up our school's library as your prefered Overdrive Library
  3. How to successfully upload an eBook or audiobook
Once you've accomplished these tasks, you receive three scratch -n-sniff bookmark prizes (bacon and eggs, pancakes and maple syrup, and coffee)
AND your name will be enterred in a drawing for the program's final BIG BREAKFAST (supersized foods).
IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH!
  • Students must stop attending breakfasts to make room for other new students once they've accomplished the 3 goals
  • You are served in order of arrival on the sign in sheet

November Recipe contest
This month, submit your favorite Thanksgiving recipes to the LMC to create this year's FBMS Holiday cookbook.
You need to have specific measurements and directions (number of servings, temperatures, everything) and a couple sentences about yourself (cooking experience and why you choose this recipe).
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, bring in samples of your recipe for FBMS taste testers. They will vote for the school's favorite recipe and that student will win a $20 gift card to their favorite local store or food establishment!
Then all recipes will be put into a book and sold at lunches for $1.00 each. All proceeds go to the Marshfield Food Pantry. Last couple of years we raised $45 -$75. Let's try for $100 this year! Catie's Apple Pie at the end won!

CreYo soft self-serve frozen yogurt contest winners
The following students read horror books from FBMS to earn lottery tickets to win CreYo gift cards. 5 winners are drwn each Friday in October, and winners can win multiple times
October 5th:
October 12th:
October 19th:
October 26th:
Kelesy B.
Kelsey B.
Anna R.
Nicole F.
Catie D.
Kevin P.
Anna R.
Olivia J.
Nicole M.
Carolyn D.
Rebecca C.
Catie D.
Anna R.
Katie W.
Nicole M.
X
Jesse S.
Jesse S.
Katie W.
X


Quidditch Game for summer readers
See our Marshfield Mariner write up November 7th